The People's Republic of Gloriforia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Karski with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.336 billion Gloriforians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mangon. The average income tax rate is 87.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Gloriforian economy, worth 156 trillion Gloriforian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 116,801 Gloriforian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road, kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, and citizens are less concerned with policy and more concerned with whether politicians "call 'em like they see 'em". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gloriforia's national animal is the leopard, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gloriforia is ranked 274,568^th in the world and 681^st in 10000 Islands for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -9.8 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.